Combination chart and commodity-cabinet.



J. H. BOYE.

COMBINATION CHARTAND COMMODITY CABINET.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Jaarns H. Born, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llllinois, haveinvented; a new and useful Combination Chart and Commodity-Cabinet, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to com-f modity-cabinets adapted forthe storage and.

sale of small articles or parts, and associated means for enablingsewing machine parts to be identified with certainty for the purpose ofordering parts. a y

The primary object is toprovidea device of the character indicated,which is of large capacity, which may be arranged, in very compact form,and which canbe produced at moderate cost. a

The invention herein illustrated comprises. a pair of commoditycabinets, each of the general construction illustrated in mylPatent No.946,852, granted Jan. 18, 1910, in

association with a cooperating order-chart.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings 1n wh1ch-Figure 1 represents a plan viewof my i1nproved device, showing the uppercommodity-cabinet moved away from its normally concentric position overthe lower commodity'cabinet, partially withdrawn from its normallyhoused position beneath thelower commodity-cabinet; Fig. 2, a brokenvertical sectional view of the order-chart, taken as indicated at line 2of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view partly in elevation and partly in section,

with the parts in substantially the position shown in Fig.1, thesectional view of the upper commodity-cabinet being taken as indicatedat line 8, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, a broken plan view, disclosing the guideswhich slidably connect the upper co1nmodity-cabinet with thelower-commoditycabinet. In the construction illustrated, A repre sents alower commodity-cabinet equipped Specification of Letters IPatent.

and showing the order-chart Patented rin is, 1918.

Application fileii April 5, 1916. Serial No. 89,232.

upper end with an external handle or pointer 4;.

. The construction of each commodity-cabinet thus far describedcorresponds with the construction shown in Patent No. 946,852; and, asshown in said patent, the closure 2 of each commoditvcabinet isconnected with and serves to actuate a carrier-lock 5, the arrangementbeing such that when the closure 2 is thrown to the open position touncover the hand-opening 2 and give access to the carrier,the carrierwill be locked against rotation.

The cabinet B is intended for the storage of sewing machine needles, andshuttles and bobbins. These are contained in flanged tubes or containers6, received in perforations or sockets with which the carrier 3 isprovided. The casing-top of the cabinet B is provided with a dial 7having numerals or characters, corresponding with the nu morals orcharacters assigned to the needles. or other accessories ofthe diflerentsewing machines; and the cabinet top is alsoprovided. with a list of thedifferent makes of sewing machines, indicated at 8, with numeralsassigned to the several different makes, of machines and correspondingwith the numerals used in the dial 7. In loading the carrier 3,theaccessories for a given sewing machine are loaded in a segment ofthecarrier in such position that when the pointer 41% is turned to thenumeral ofthe dial which corresponds with the selected sewing machine,the carrier will be turned to bring, the accessories for that machinebeneath the, hand-opening 2 When the closure 2 is swung to the openposition, the carrier will be locked against rotation until the closureis again moved to the closed position.

i The cabinet A is adapted tocontain handneeclles. The carrier of thiscabinet is adapted to receive tubes or containers 6 which containhand-needles The casing-top is provided with a dial Whavinglnumerals orcharacters corresponding with the numerals assigned to the differentsizes and, kinds of handmeedles.

The top of the cabinet A may also have list of different makes oi.sewing machines, as indicated at 8, a continuation of the list 8 of thecabinet The top of the cabinet Ais also provided with a presser-footchart 9, having indentified therewith letters or characters 10, and alsoneedle numbers 8 The needle numbers 8 correspond with the needle numbersassociated with the lists of sewing machines 8 and 8. It will beunderstood that incomplete lists and charts are illustrated in thedrawings, for the sake of simplicity.

The order-chart C comprises a housingdisk 11, beneath which is located apartsohart or disk 12, which is divided into segments 12 12 etc., whichcontain illustrations of various parts of different makes of sewingmachines, having order numbers associated with the illustrations of theparts. The disk or parts-chart 12 is rotatable with relation to thehousing 11, and the housing 11 is provided with a segmental opening 13through which the illustrations of the various parts appearing on anysegment of the chart may be viewed. The device C is can ried by an arm14: which is longitudinally slidable on an arm 15 which is pivotallyconnected with one of the legs or feet A of the cabinet A. Thearrangement is such that the device C can be swung to a position beneaththe cabinet A; or the device C may be swung outwardly from its housedposition beneath 'the cabinet A, and the arm 14 may be caused to slidelongitudinally on the arm 15, so thatthe chart, in one position, will beopen to full view, and in another position will be housed concentricallybeneath the cabinet A.

Thearm 14 carries at its extremity a vertical stud 16 upon which isjournaled a short sleeve 17, which carries the rotary chart 12. Theupper end of the sleeve 17 is journaled in the fixed housing-disk 11 andis equipped with a pointer or-handle 18 by means of which the chart-disk12 may be rotated; The pointer 18 plays overa dial 19 which has a circlecontaining needle numbers 8, and which has another circle containingpresserfoot indicating characters '10. The needle numbers 8 and thepresser-feot indicating characters 10 correspond with the needle numbersand presser-foot characters 8 and 10 appearing on the top of the cabinetA; and the needle numbers 8 also correspond with the needle-numbersappearing in connection with the list of machines at 8 on the cabinet B.The pointer 18 is provided with a series of perforations 18 adapted toregister with the needle numbers and presser-foot indicating charactersof the dial 19.

' In the illustration given, the sewing machine parts of the, Mascotsewing machine, for instance, are illustrated on the segment 12 of thedisk 12; and the arrangement is such that when the numeral 4corresponding with the name Mascot and the reference letter Icorresponding with the illustration of the presser-foot for the Mascotmachine, can be viewedfthrough the openings 18 of the pointer 18, thesegment 12 of the partschart will appear beneath the opening 13 of thehousing 11. Thus, when the name of the machine is known, thecorresponding needle number may be obtained from the list 8 or 8, as thecase may be; and the parts of the machine may then be located on thechart 12 by rotating said chart until the corresponding needle numbercan be viewed through the appropriate opening of the index-pointer 18.When the name of the machine is unknown, or is in doubt, the machine canbe identified by comparing the presserfoot of the machine with thepresser-foot chart 9 appearing on the top of the cabinet A. By thismeans the corresponding letter or character may be noted; and when theparts-chart 12 is rotated to such position that the letter correspondingwith the selected presser-foot appears through one of the openings 18 ofthe index-pointer 18, the corresponding segment of the chart 12 willappear beneath the opening 13, exposing to view the illustration of theparts of the machine in question.

As has been indicated, the device C may be housed beneath the cabinet A.The cabinet B has the base-portion of the casing equipped with brackets20 and 21 connected by a pair of parallel guide-rods 22. The guide-rods22 are slidable through perforations in brackets 23 and 24 applied tothe top of the casing of the cabinet A. The bracket 24 is applied at oneedge of the easing top; and the bracket 23 is of segmental form,extending in an arc across the top of? the casing some distance from thebracket 24-. To the ends of the guide-rods 22 is secured a handle 25, bymeans of which the cabinet B may be shifted to a position directly overand concentric with the cabinet A, or may be shifted to an eccentricposition as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The construction is such that the cabinet B may he slid in one directionin uncovering the cabinet A, and the chart device C may be swung in theopposite direction so that the upper surfaces of the three main membersmay be viewed, as illustrated in Fig. 1, It may be noted, however, thatthe chart device C is not shown in the completely open or exposedposition in Fig. 1. The housing 11 of the device C is equipped with aradially projecting handle or thumbepiece ll", which may be used in theoperation of swinging the member C to the open position.

It may be explained that the prcsscwloot chart 9 is useful inidentifying the various makes of machines, owing to the fact that thepresser-fcet of the various machines present different contours orappearance. in practice, the presser-foot illustrations are of full sizeand of'the exact contour of the corresponding presser-feet, so that thepresser-foot of any given machine may be accurately. matched on thechart.

The bracket 20 comprises a segmental member having lugs 20 upon whichthe marginal portion of the bottom of the casing of the cabinet B rests,and arms 20 which embrace the sides of the casing and are equipped withclamping screws 20. Similarly, the bracket 21, which is diametricallyopposite the bracket 20, comprises a segmental member provided with lugs21, which support the casing, and arms 21 which embrace the sides of thecasing and are equipped with clamping screws 21. The casing, therefore,is supported on the lugs 20 and 21 of the brackets 20 and 21; and thesides of the casing are clamped by the clamping screws 2.0 and 21.- Theguide rods 22 are located beneath the cabinet B and on opposite sides ofa diameter of the casing. The bracket 23 is secured to the casing byscrews or small stove-bolts 23*, 28*. Similarly, the bracket 24 issecured by screws or stove-bolts 24, 241

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only and no unnecessary limitation should be understoodtherefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly aspermissible in view of the prior art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In means of the character set forth, the combination of acommodity-cabinet comprising a casing havingits top provided with aclosure and equipped with an internal rotary carrier, a secondcommoditycabinet comprising a casing shiftably mounted on the casing ofthe first mentioned cabinet and adapted to be moved to eccentricposition to uncover said closure and an internal rotary carrier locatedin said second named casing, and a parts-chart normally housed beneaththe casing of said first named cabinet and adapted to be moved to anexposed position with relation to said first named cabinet.

2. In means of the character set forth, the combination of acommodity-cabinet comprising a casing having its top provided with aclosure and a rotary carrier in said casing, a second commodity-cabinetcomprising a casing slidably mounted on said first named casing andadapted to be moved to an eccentric position to uncover said do sure,said second named casing having its top equipped with a closure, and arotary carrier contained in said second named casing, and a parts-chartnormally housed beneath said first named casing and pivotally thecombination of a commodity cabinet comprising a casing having its topequipped with a closure and a rotary carrier in said casing, a secondcommodity-cabinet comprising a casing shiftably mounted on said firstnamed casing and having its top equipped with a closure, a rotarycarrier in said second-named casing, and a parts-chart normally housedbeneath said first named casing and adapted to' be withdrawn to anexposed position, the parts-chart comprising a housing provided with asegmental opening and equipped with a dial, and a rotary disk in saidhousing having segments bearing illustrations of parts of differentmachines, said disk equipped with an index pointer, and the tops of thecasings of said commodity-cabinets having reference characterscorresponding with the characters on the dial of said parts-charthousing.

4:. In means of the character set forth, the combination of acommodity-cabinet comprising a casing having its top equipped with aclosure and a rotary carrier located in said casing, guide-memberscarried by said casing, and a commodity-cabinet comprising a casinghaving its lower portion provided with guide-members co-acting with saidfirst named guide members and having its top equipped with a closure,and a rotary carrier in said second named casing.

5. In means of the character set forth, the combination of acommodity-cabinet casing having its top equipped at one side with aclosure and equipped at the opposite side with guide brackets, and asurmounting commodity-cabinet casing having its base equipped withguide-rods engaging said guide-brackets and having its top equipped witha closure.

6. In means of the character set forth, the combination of acommodity-cabinet casing having its top provided at one side of itscenter with a closure and at the opposite side of its center with a pairof guide brackets, and a surmounting commodity-cabinet casing having itstop provided with a closure and having its base equipped with bracketsand connecting guide-rods which engage the guide-brackets carried bysaid first named casing.

JAMES H. BOYE.

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